Precis actia

Air commodore
Precis actia figure 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Precis
Species: P. actia
Binomial name
Precis actia
Distant, 1880[1]
Synonyms
  • Precis vetula Staudinger, 1885
  • Precis pelarga f. furcata Rothschild and Jordan, 1903
  • Precis pelarga albofasciata Suffert, 1904
  • Precis actia rubrofasciata Suffert, 1904

Precis actia, the air commodore, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Zimbabwe, and western Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland and savanna.

Both sexes are attracted to flowers and males also engage in mud-puddling.

The larvae feed on Platostoma species.

References

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  1. ↑ Precis actia, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini


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